Koronado Kourts Motel on Route 66, Joplin, Missouri, circa 1940
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Motorists traveling on U.S. Highway 66 around 1940 could stop at the Koronado Kourts in Joplin, Missouri. This foldout postcard depicts the clean and well laid out buildings of this tourist court. Owners confidently claimed that their establishment was "The Finest and Most Up-to-Date Tourist Kourts in the Entire Southwest on U.S. 66 Highway."
Motorists traveling on U.S. Highway 66 around 1940 could stop at the Koronado Kourts in Joplin, Missouri. This foldout postcard depicts the clean and well laid out buildings of this tourist court. Owners confidently claimed that their establishment was "The Finest and Most Up-to-Date Tourist Kourts in the Entire Southwest on U.S. 66 Highway."
Artifact
Postcard
Date Made
circa 1940
Subject Date
circa 1940
Collection Title
On Exhibit
at Henry Ford Museum in Driving America
Object ID
90.238.5
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Lithography
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 3.563 in
Width: 11 in
Inscriptions
Printed on front: KORONADO KOURTS / ON HIGHWAY 66 / WEST OF MAIN STREET / JOPLIN, MISSOURI
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